Key Terms

Review the following list of key terms:

• Link Control Protocol (LCP)— A protocol used by PPP to establish, manage, and terminate dial-up connections.

• Maximum Receive Unit (MRU)— The maximum length for the data enclosed in a PPP frame.

• modem— A device that translates a digital signal to or from an analog signal.

• Network Control Protocol (NCP)— One of a family of protocols designed to interface PPP with specific protocol suites.

• point-to-point connection— A connection consisting of exactly two communicating devices sharing a transmission line.

• Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)— A dial-up protocol. PPP supports TCP/IP and also other network protocol suites. PPP is newer and more powerful than SLIP.

• Serial Line Internet Protocol (SLIP)— An early TCP/IP-based dial-up protocol.